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Book of Han is the first dynasty history of China, contains Ji (annal), 12(13) juan, mainly describes Emperors’ biographies in strict annal form, which offer a chronological overview of the most important occurrences, as seen from the imperial court. Biao (tables), 8(10) juan, Chronological tables of important people. Zhi (memoirs), 10 (18) juan. Each treatise describes an area of effort of the state. Zhuan (biographies), 70 juan. mainly is the biographies of important people. The biographies confine themselves to the description of events that clearly show the exemplary character of the person. Two or more people are treated in one main article, as they belong to the same class of people. The last articles describe the relations between China and the various peoples beyond the frontiers.